PHX may be more interested in starting fresh than anything else. So, my question: would you take Beasley if it meant getting Gortat? Bass, Terry and Collins for the two of them works, as does Bass, Terry and Lee for Gortat, Scola and Beasley...

The Suns reportedly view Michael Beasley as "toxic," and the team's 7-game losing streak could lead to a "major shakeup."The report stems from long-time NBA writer Shaun Powell, citing an anonymous Suns source, but there are no details about what the "shakeup" might be -- for what it's worth, Chris Broussard reports that Alvin Gentry's job is still safe. As for Beasley, his bottoming out and becoming a negative presence in Phoenix is not at all surprising given his history, though few could have predicted the bottom falling out this quickly. The Suns inked him for $18 million over three years this summer, and it already looks like a bad investment.Source: Shaun Powell on Twitter Dec 10 - 5:23 PM

Hard to really feel sorry for Michael Beasley at this point, but I also don't think he's been in a situation that's ideal for his development at any point in his career so far.

Probably too late for him to become anything more than a role player at this, point, unfortunately.

He strikes me as the sort of guy who would really benefit from playing overseas for a year or three to learn some discipline.

His ceiling right now is probably a Corey Magette type with Ron Artest type of issues. The combination of being disruptive and replacable makes him, indeed, very toxic.

Yeah, I don't know the nature of any personal issues he may or may not have. At least with Artest we know that he had some psychological issues that he dealt with by seeing a psychiatrist. I don't know that Beasley isn't just a jerk, or a selfish player.

He strikes me as an Andray Blatche kind of player. The game has always been too easy for him, and he's never been forced to really work hard to earn his minutes and his shots. He's been in a winning situation before in Miami, but it doesn't seem like they really managed his development that well in Miami.

I could see Beasley becoming a key reserve for a good team a few years down the road the way Blatche has become one for the Nets this season. But he's going to have to go through some real adversity first, I think.

Hard to really feel sorry for Michael Beasley at this point, but I also don't think he's been in a situation that's ideal for his development at any point in his career so far.

Probably too late for him to become anything more than a role player at this, point, unfortunately.

He strikes me as the sort of guy who would really benefit from playing overseas for a year or three to learn some discipline.

His ceiling right now is probably a Corey Magette type with Ron Artest type of issues. The combination of being disruptive and replacable makes him, indeed, very toxic.

Yeah, I don't know the nature of any personal issues he may or may not have. At least with Artest we know that he had some psychological issues that he dealt with by seeing a psychiatrist. I don't know that Beasley isn't just a jerk, or a selfish player.

He strikes me as an Andray Blatche kind of player. The game has always been too easy for him, and he's never been forced to really work hard to earn his minutes and his shots. He's been in a winning situation before in Miami, but it doesn't seem like they really managed his development that well in Miami.

I could see Beasley becoming a key reserve for a good team a few years down the road the way Blatche has become one for the Nets this season. But he's going to have to go through some real adversity first, I think.

I don't think Blatche has cemented himself as a solid reserve just yet. He's the same guy who happens to have a reason to give extra effort now- he was halfway out of the league a few months ago. He is still the same moron and he will mess up again.

Beasley just signed a fairly big new contract and he is playing worse than ever. Coincidence? He's not lost as a role player. He has been given every oportunity to be a main man on the Suns. He has plenty of tools but the guy just sucks as an NBA player. Maybe Jeff Green and his contract aren't so bad after all.

He sells draft picks (Thank you for Rondo)lets Stat, Nash and others go for nothing because he didn't want to pay them and signs Beasley at $6mil per because he was taking a flyer on someone who was recently the second overall pick in the draft.

Sarver values rookie contracts, draft picks and expirings.

Given that, lets give him Melo, Joseph, picks, cash and turn Bass and Lee into expirings from a third team for Sarver and get Gortat and swallow Beasley.

I know that doesn't seem that much for the Suns, but we are taking the "cancer", Beasley (who I still think can be something)off their hands and the way Gortat is playing, his value is at its low point.